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Animals News tagged with interesting

Titan, the World's Tallest Dog, Doesn't Let Disabilities Slow Him Down
Animals  (tags: dogs, animals, GoodNews, interesting )

Kat
- 7 days ago - peoplepets.com
Since he was crowned the new World's Tallest Dog last week, Titan, a 4-year-old white Great Dane, has gotten so much attention that his Web site crashed! The Guinness World Record holder stands 42.25 inches tall to his shoulder and weighs 190 lbs....
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White Squirrels Are Turning Heads in Maryland, Elsewhere
Animals  (tags: white squirrels, cute, wildlife, festival, interesting )

Lone
- 16 days ago - baltimoresun.com
They're not as fearsome as a white whale on the high seas, or as portentous as a white buffalo calf on the Great Plains. But a handful of white squirrels is causing a stir in Maryland.
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Recovery Means Going Home Plus More Good Storys
Animals  (tags: injured, wildanimals, GoodNews, rescued, interesting )

Lone
- 18 days ago - wildcarebayarea.org
At WildCare we are able to treat many of the injuries and illnesses that happen to individual animals. But what happens when they are well and ready to be released if there is nowhere for them to go? How do you go home when home is gone?
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Great Whites Near Shore More Often Than Believed
Animals  (tags: great white shark, close to shore, research, interesting )

Lone
- 20 days ago - washingtonpost.com
For years, humans have thought of great white sharks wandering the sea at random, only occasionally venturing close to shore
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Magpies 'Feel Grief and Hold Funerals'
Animals  (tags: animals, birds, interesting, news )

Maria
- 34 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Magpies feel grief and even hold funeral-type gatherings for their fallen friends and lay grass "wreaths" beside their bodies, an animal behaviour expert has claimed.
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Evidence Points To Conscious 'Metacognition' In Some Nonhuman Animals
Animals  (tags: animals, dolphins, animal cognition, human conscious metacognition, wild animals, research, study, science, interesting )

Dee
- 71 days ago - sciencedaily.com
J. David Smith, Ph.D., a comparative psychologist at the University at Buffalo who has conducted extensive studies in animal cognition, says there is growing evidence that animals share functional parallels with human conscious metacognition -- that is,
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Monkeys Appreciate Monkey Music and Metallica
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, interesting, study, music, monkey, wildanimals, wildlife )

Maria
- 83 days ago - dsc.discovery.com
Non-human animals usually prefer silence to our music. However, when cotton-top tamarins heard songs based on their own calls, the diminutive, fluffy primates listened with interest to the monkey music, which even altered their moods, according to a new
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YouTube - Amazing Bird Fishes Like A Human   video
Animals  (tags: green herons, fishing, clever stuff, wildanimals, interesting )

Elderberr
- 92 days ago - youtube.com
This video has stunned scientists around the world as this bird thinks critically just like a human to catch fish. Give a fish a piece of bread and it will won't be hungry for a day but teach it to fish...well you get it.
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Domestic Dog Origins Challenged
Animals  (tags: animals, dogs, domesticated, orgins, research, genes, study, discovery, interesting )

Dee
- 112 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
African village dogs possess plenty of genetic diversity The suggestion that the domestic dog originated in East Asia has been challenged.
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How the Turtle's Shell Developed
Animals  (tags: animals, Turtles, shells, wildlife, Biology, research, study, interesting, scientists )

Dee
- 136 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Science reporter, BBC News - - Scientists have revealed a spectacular insight into turtle evolution - how the unique animals get their shells. A Japanese team studied the development of turtle embryos to find out why - - -
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Breaking News From Ecuador - Discovering New Species
Animals  (tags: ecuador, animals, environment, habitat, GoodNews, humans, investigation, wildlife, wildanimals, conservation, protection, research, scientists, world, discovery, interesting, science )

PinkMindy
- 161 days ago - care2.com
Scientists are now discovering new species in Ecuador, that has important impact on humans. Please visit the photo gallery and expedition page on site.
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Dogs: Dominance Theory May Be Completely Wrong
Animals  (tags: animals, dogs, wolves, wolf, pack, Cesar, Millan, dominance, training, aggression, pets, humans, research, investigation, interesting, discovery, study )

Tom
- 166 days ago - examiner.com
Television personalities like Cesar Millan tout Dominance theory as a central principle in training and understanding our canine companions. The theory suggests that domestic dogs are constantly seeking to find a place in their social hierarchy.
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Hummingbirds 'Faster Than Jets'
Animals  (tags: animals, birds, humming birds, wild animals, ability, interesting, research )

Dee
- 167 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Male hummingbirds, swooping in an effort to impress females, achieve speeds "faster than fighter jets", according to a study.
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Genetic Region For Tame Animals Discovered: Horse Whisperers, Lion Tamers Not Needed
Animals  (tags: animals, wildanimals, wildlife, discovery, research, investigation, interesting, science, study )

Dee
- 167 days ago - sciencedaily.com
ScienceDaily (June 9, 2009-In what could be a breakthrough in animal breeding, a team of scientists from Germany, Russia and Sweden have discovered a set of genetic regions responsible for animal tameness.
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Prehistoric Whale Discovered On The West Coast Of Sweden
Animals  (tags: animals, whales, extinction, discovery, interesting, ancient, science )

Dee
- 168 days ago - sciencedaily.com
ScienceDaily (June 8, 2009) -- The skeleton of a whale that died around 10,000 years ago has been found in connection with the extension of the E6 motorway in Strömstad.
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